I can see negative reception arising from this depending on who the harem is centred around. Lincoln is obviously the centre of the Loud side, but from the way this comes across, it sounds like Ronnie is the centre of her side's harem and Lincoln is just a part of it. Whether or not that's true is probably gonna need some clarification from you guys, because right off the bat that will lose a lot of people.
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Lincoln is always the center of the Harem.
Ronnie, however, is different from the Loud girls in that since she doesn't have a bunch of sisters who can easily be pulled into a harem, she took an active hand in bringing her friend Sid into it. I've also written Ronnie as bisexual, so she isn't against adding girls to the Harem since she can play with them too.
That might turn some people off who want Lincoln's dick to be the center of the universe, but I have my artistic integrity in trying to write characters who have varying personalities.
That can be all it takes to lose player's interest in her side, because the protagonist is no longer the centre in that case. Example being, people were fine with Ronnie and Sid teasing through the computer because that still had the protagonist as the centre. But if you were to say that Ronnie has been hooking up, to whatever degree, with others while you are a city away, it'll be viewed as cheating. This is in spite of the fact that if you're pursuing the sisters, you are also engaging in cheating.
Perspective is the key. We as protagonist are making that choice that guides the story forward, so we give it a pass because we're self-serving. If you tell us another character is doing something and we have no say, it's viewed as being robbed of that choice and control.
Nobody is going to be complaining that there's more girls for you to get with, but they will complain about how it is they become a part of it. That's ultimately what I'm trying to get at. It'll all come down to how it's written and how it's shown to us.
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If you try to please everybody then everyone will be disappointed. Not every game is for you, go find one that is. That's why there are tags in the first place.
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Like it was said, not every game is for everybody.
We're too far into things to make such a dramatic shift in the storyline.
It may just be that the game is not for you.
As a Loud House Fanfic writer before I wrote the eroge I was always against the entire universe revolving around Lincoln. Yes he's the main character, yes he gets most of the girls, but there are other characters with agency.
Lincoln will never steal his mother from his Father, Lincoln won't steal Vanessa from Clyde. Luna loves Sam. Lori loves Bobby.
If Ronnie Anne showing some agency in proactively getting another girl to be in Lincoln's Harem because it's also a friend of hers she's know for awhile turns some people off.
Well I guess they're just turned off.
Like I honestly don't know what there is to say beyond that. If people don't want to play the game because of that, it makes me sad, but we're not going to make everyone happy.
There are folks who want Lori to be a virgin who never loved Bobby, but in our world Lori loves Bobby and lost her virginity to him.
If every girl in the game just fell before the might of Lincoln's log with no complications, twists, turns and surprises it would be a much shorter game and probably a more boring one at that.
At least I think so.
An eroge with a strong story, and well-rounded characters rather than simple wank material? I call this a good thing.
As an amateur writer myself, I understand that sometimes the best thing you can do for a story is to let it write itself, let the characters do their own thing - it tends to come off more natural that way.
And honestly, from what I know of Casagrandes, Ronnie getting her own harem in this game fits well with the parallel nature of the two shows - both told from the perspectives of one kid living with a large family (extended family in Ronnie-Anne's case).
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I'm not complaining about the story, I'm just saying this turned me off from Ronnie, just personal preference, I still love the game, just made the choice in the end between her and sisters easier for me.
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Mistake 1. Would be interesting when Lincoln surpass Lynn Sr. when it comes to Childrens with Rita. A Quintuplet and a Triplet Batch would help to achive this.
Hopefully after Chapter 3 not anymore when she has Lincoln, it needs a breakup. If not, Mistake 2.
In my opinion anyway is the Break Up from Lori and Bobby necessary.
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I've always been against Mary Sue/Gary Stu type storylines. Portraying perfect protagonists that just win everything with zero flaws, effort, struggles or anything of the sort, and it just becomes a story on how they just plow the world. Wingmen/Wingwomen stories can be tricky, but it can work when done right. Here in my opinion, it's fine and didn't put me off much.
Coming from a person who has never seen the show and therefore has no biased opinions on anyone prior to reading this, I'm just glad that two different and clear-cut routes exist, both with their different values. People are free to have opinions and decide to bail out whenever or choose whichever path they want, but as for me so fair this story has been good to me, and I've decided to stick with it and save my opinions for when it's all over. As a completionist, I want to see what both routes have to offer.
Coming from a person who has never seen the show and therefore has no biased opinions on anyone prior to reading this, I'm just glad that two different and clear-cut routes exist, both with their different values. People are free to have opinions and decide to bail out whenever or choose whichever path they want, but as for me so fair this story has been good to me, and I've decided to stick with it and save my opinions for when it's all over. As a completionist, I want to see what both routes have to offer.
Finally, one of the few writers that defends his work instead of bending the knee to "the fanbase".
You gained a lot of points in my book, go on, I can't wait to see what you're cooking.
I mean, if people have a problem with it, they can make their own fanfic?
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Yes eventually. There will be a full route we have planned for her under the auspice of her teaching Lincoln how to date girls.
For those who've seen the show, Rita's "undercover teen persona" Brita will be making an appearance.
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Here's a preview of the extended Lori intimate scene. If you make the correct choices, Lori's initial big erotic scene with Lincoln will go even further and you'll see this exchange.
will there be a route where there is no ronnie? I've never been particularly interested in her route
I think it's been repeated various times here that yeah, you have to make a choice between the sisters or Ronnie, I think they also said something about an ending with both but they would be getting way too ahead of themselves thinking about endings right now.
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You can't skip Ronnie. She's the cofocus of chapter 3 with Lori.
After that though? You'll be able to less engage with her content.